Went to the Hill & Dale CTR ride on Friday and rode Saturday and decided with the severe weather warnings for KS and NE, I pulled and came home this morning. It started to pour as I was putting up camp and watching everyone else getting ready to time out to ride for the day. While I slowly drove out I heard very loud thunder and lightning very close and it rained all the way out of Kansas! Haven't heard from Brenda, Shari or Robin yet so I hope they had a good ride.
Saturday's ride was really fun Shari introduced me to a very nice So. Dakota lady who is starting CTR's and rides a gaited morgan and we decided to ride together. Jordan and her horse Rambo were closely matched and we had an awesome ride together. We did about 12 miles before lunch and then 8 miles after lunch. The 2nd part there were alot of rocks and boggy areas. So we couldn't make very good time and a about 10 of us (novice riders) got off trail (aka lost) and had to rush to make up time when we realized we had to backtrack. Pat and I came in last, (she had a hold at the 2nd P&R), but not least, and had a great ride :-)
This morning with the storms during the night which I couldn't sleep through, and the storm in the morning and knowing that the bogs would be even worse, I decided to use my "weather weenie" card and not ride :-) Got home, watched Jordan roll and roll and roll, then unpacked when I heard thunder and saw lightning. Ackkkkk the bad weather caught up with me!!
After note: A friend who was also at the CTR, said that yes it was raining when they started on Sunday morning, but after a big crack of lightening and thunder, it cleared up and was nice for the rest of the day....so there ya go....
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